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What happens when a woman wins an election? Evidence from close races in Brazil [PDF]
, 2013 This paper analyzes the effect of the gender of local policymakers on policy outcomes. Analyzing a rich dataset from Brazilian municipalities and using a regression discontinuity design, we find that municipalities ruled by female mayors have better ...
Brollo, Fernanda, Troiano, Ugo
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Optoelectronic control of redox‐active polyoxometalate clusters in polymer matrices yields hybrid memristors with switchable volatile and non‐volatile modes, enabling reservoir‐type in‐sensor optical preprocessing and stable multilevel synapses for multimodal neuromorphic computing, including noise‐tolerant audiovisual keyword recognition and hardware ...
Xiangyu Ma +13 more
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Performance of Agricultural Wastes as A Biofilter Media for Low-Cost Greywater Treatment Technology
Journal of Engineering and Sustainable DevelopmentIraq currently faces an absence of water, worsened by population growth. As a result, if new water sources are not supplied, the country's yearly per capita water supply will decrease.
Ebtesam K. Abaas, Seroor Atalah K. Ali
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Moins de mandataires locaux à Bruxelles ? Scénarios et impact
Brussels Studies, 2018 The number of municipal councillors and aldermen in the Brussels-Capital Region is relatively high, and increases at each election. In the debates on the functioning of the political institutions of the Region the idea to reduce the number of local ...
Emilie van Haute +8 more
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Managing Rural Areas in the Context of the Growing Debt of Polish Local Government Units
Agriculture, 2020 Local development is a long-term process of economic transformation. To make it happen, expenditure must be incurred, especially including investments.
Agnieszka Kozera +2 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Bioactive conductive Ti3C2Tx‐Ce hydrogels with with scavenging ROS and alleviating neuronal mitochondrial dysfunction are exploited for SCI treatment. This functionality is attributed to interfacial activation modification of Ti3C2Tx with Ce3+ ions to in‐situ form Ce(OH)x‐mediated protective layer, which is beneficial to enabling stable intracellular ...
Weikang Wang +12 more
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Znaczenie władztwa podatkowego dla budżetów gmin
Studia i Materiały, 2019 Municipalitiesin order to fulfill their tasks and achieve social and economic goals. need to have an adequate level of public revenue. Local taxes and fees are of significant importance in this context, because in their scope local authorities have a ...
Agnieszka Krzemińska
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An Impact Analysis of Microfinance in Bosnia and Herzegovina [PDF]
, 2007 This paper applies the financing constraint approach to study whether microfinance institutions improved access to credit for microenterprises in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Hartarska, Valentina, Nadolnyak, Denis
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A hydrogel with dynamic cross‐links was formed by cross‐linking hyaluronic acid with curcumin‐preloaded, phenylboronic acid‐modified poly(amidoamine) dendrimers. This hydrogel exhibited excellent injectability and self‐healing ability, enabling controlled Cur release in response to low pH, high reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, or mechanical ...
Junjie Liu +9 more
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Municipal Bankruptcy Under the 1976 Amendments to Chapter IX of the Bankruptcy Act [PDF]
, 1976 This articles examines the new Chapter IX of the Bankruptcy Act, particularly its effectiveness in providing insolvent or financially distressed municipalities with a simpler and more efficient method of obtaining financial relief. The articles discusses
Bond, Kenneth W.
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